This past weekend was fun, yet crazy. My big-little brother got hitched to an awesome girl. The wedding was held down in Cardston, so on Thursday, we loaded up the van with kids and gear and headed down. Stayed in a motel in Cardston that was cheap but proved to be awesome and were prepared for the temple early Friday morning. My sister Sam was decent enough to watch our kids so we could all go inside. She's awesome. 
The ceremony was beautiful and as I sat in the sealing room, I realized that this was the first wedding of my immediate family I had ever been to. I've been to two of Tyler's sibling's weddings, and a few cousins, but this was the first in my family. Pretty awesome. Going to the temple for weddings always reminds you of your own (or should) and it was a great time to reflect and calm down.Although it was April 23rd and I only brought a light jacket (because if watching Miss Congeniality has taught me anything, it's that on April 23rd, all you need is a light jacket), we ended up with some snow and it was a bit cool outside.
We still took advantage of having our kids in Cardston and took a few temple pictures as well as showing them just inside the lobby, so they could see this beautiful place that we talk about all the time, and hopefully get a bit of a feeling as to why it is so special to us, and will be to them someday too.
Then it was time for Dude and Becca's triumphant exit. Everyone cheered and snapped pictures.
Most of the photos didn't include Logan as it was chilly outside and I wanted him to stay warm. We headed for a quick check-out of our hotel and a bite to eat at DQ - one of Cardston's only restaurants, and then it was on the road home to be back in Calgary in time for the family dinner that night. The family dinner was at Joey Tomatoes and the food was awesome (way to go guys), but it was noisy, which was tough on the little guy. We spent most of the time outside on the patio with the kids so they could run off the energy they had accumulated from a lot of time in the car. To our surprise, Lucy and Emma both tried Calamari and liked it...and the proceeded to tell everyone that they had eaten squid.
The next day we hung out at home for a bit and watched Avatar with the kids, got ready, 
and then headed out to the reception at the West Stake Center at the beginning of a snow storm. 
We stopped at McD's on the way to feed our kids. Because of the roads, we didn't stay long, but it was beautiful.
Sunday was a full day too - with church and a gift opening at my rents. We got to visit a bit more with family who had travelled up for the wedding, and then headed home to our beds. We also received news that day that Jason and Ali had their baby girl - Sarah Faith. She's a cutie - much like her older brother, Jacob. Hooray for babies! We also heard that cousin Jennifer is engaged and getting married at the beginning of June. It's a pretty quick engagements as they are headed out to Nauvoo for the summer to do the pageant out there. We're still trying to see what plan we can come up with to attend. Here's hoping!
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